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I have 480 contacts on my iphone and on icloud.com I have 300 less. On my macbook air I also have the same contacts that I do on iCloud.com. I signed out of iCloud on my Macbook Air, Toggled contacts on my iPhone > keep contacts > Merge contacts and nothing changes in the cloud. Any ideas?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
Make sure none of the 180 contacts that aren't syncing belong to any non-iCloud group such as "On My Mac" (iCloud will not sync non-iCloud groups).
Make sure none of the 180 contacts that aren't syncing belong to any non-iCloud group such as "On My Mac" (iCloud will not sync non-iCloud groups).
Ok got that. It is syncing only the group iCloud but it will not sync all contacts. Do I need to move all the contacts into the iCloud group and if so how do I go about it? The non syncing contacts aren't in a specific group but in the root at "All Contacts". Also on address book the only contacts that are there are the contacts in the sub group iCloud but the groups menu only shows an "All Contacts" group in the list.
I don't believe you can do this on your phone. You would need to get your contacts on your Mac, where they can be dragged and dropped between groups. You could try and app like My Contacts Backup to email your iphone contacts to your Mac, where you can double-click on the attachment to import them to Address Book (or Contacts if you're running Mountain Lion).
Thank you for the work around. This worked for me. My only concern now is if I am going to have to do this or manually add everytime I add a contact. If so, so be it but it would be great to get a permanent fix. Thank you very much for your time and effort.
You're welcome. If you make sure you have the iCloud group selected before adding the contact it should sync via iCloud without any issues. Also, if all your contacts are now on your Mac, drag all your contacts to the iCloud group and they should sync to your iPhone. Then you can just leave the iCloud group selected on your iPhone and you'll see all your contacts there without selecint the All Contacts group.
I could not find "My Contacts Backup" in the apple app store. Is that where I would find it?
I could not find "My Contacts Backup" in the apple app store. Is that where I would find it?
It's in the U.S. app store here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-contacts-backup/id446784593?mt=8.
Great, I succesfully I downloaded it fron iTunes onto my iMac but now i cannot figure out how to open the application....
What are you trying to do...back up the contacts on your Mac or your iOS device?
I am trying to backup up the "non ICloud" group contacts that are currently on my iPhone. I want to get them onto my iMac.
I apologize randers4... I just got this iMac and I am not sure how to open the "My Contacts Backups" application after I successfully downloaded in from the iTunes store for free using your link.
You would need to first use iTunes to sync the app to your iPhone. Then use the app to back up your contacts. It will create a vCard (.csv file) as an attachment to an email that you send to yourself. Open the email and double-click on the attachment to import the contacts to your Mac.
The app will back up all your contacts so when you import them to your Mac you may end up with duplicates. If this occurs, open Address Book (Contacts if you're running Mountain Lion) and go to Card>Look For Duplicates, then merge any duplicates that are found. I'm not sure it will maintain the original contact groups but it should import the contacts belonging to the groups. i.e., you may have to re-create your groups, then drag and drop the appropriate contacts into the "non-iCloud" groups that you are trying to recover.
That worked... thanks!! Do you know how to get rid of duplicate contacts in my iPhone?
The My Contacts Backup Pro app (available as an in-app purchase) has the ability to find and delete identical contacts. Or, if you aren't syncing your contacts with iCloud, you can replace the contacts on your phone with the contacts on your computer using iTunes. If you want to go that route I'll tell you how.
iPhone to iCloud contacts not merging
